260 Transactions, — Botany, 
8. Hookeria luteo-vivens, sp. nov. 
Plant largely gregarious, stout, sub-erect, 2-24 inches high, dichoto- 
mously branched above, branches sub-compressed, 5—6 lines wide, stem stout, 
dark brown. Leaves sub-quadrifariously disposed, oblong-orbicular, 2 lines 
long, obtuse and rounded at tip, dorsal and ventral smaller and more 
orbieular, minutely papillose, thin, margins entire, light green, whitish 
and yellowish at tips, slightly convex, densely imbricated ; nerve short, 
forked, slender, green, largely cellular ; cellules (of leaf) large, sub-orbicu- 
lar, smaller at margins and apex, larger and oblong at base; perichetial 
erect, small, sub-rhombic, nerveless.  Fruitstalk stout, 14 inches long, 
smooth, flexuous, twisted, slightly suleate, dark brown, thickened at base. 
Capsule oblong, reddish, smooth (minutely reticulate under a lens), cernu- 
ous, slightly tuberculate at base; tubercles few and mostly above, round, 
smooth ; cells of capsule large, oblong; external teeth 4-lined longitudi- 
nally, pretty closely trabeculate, strongly denticulate, reddish. Calyptra 
large scabrid, whitish, ragged at base. 
Hab. Sub-pendulous on sides of shaded cliffs, in large patches, but rarely 
fruiting, in forests, Seventy-mile Bush, County of Waipawa; 1883-84: W.C. 
Obs. A fine species having affinity with H. quadrifaria, but differing in 
several particulars. 
4. Hookeria lophophora, sp. nov. 
Stems simple and slightly once-branched, flat, sub- erect, 14 inches high, 
4 lines broad, thickly clothed between leaves with large red branched trans- 
parent and jointed hairs. Leaves pale, densely imbricated, sub-quinque- 
fariously disposed, the lateral ones spreading, crisp when dry, broadly 
oblong-apiculate, 2 lines long, very thin, transparent, margined, upper 
portion sharply serrulate; nerve forked; dorsal and ventral similarly 
shaped but smaller; cells lax, orbicular-hexagonal in the upper part of leaf, 
larger and oblong-hexagonal in the central and lower part; perichstial 
oblong, very acuminate. Fruitstalk springing from near the top of stem, 
24 lines long, stout, pale, hairy; hairs short, patent; much fimbriate at 
top; fimbriæ erect, crest-like, nodding over apophysis. Capsule apophy- 
sate, inclined or horizontal, sub-obovate, turgid, red, finely reticulated, 
shining, tuberculate at base; apophysis dark brown. Calyptra not seen. 
Hab. In dry woods, hill country near Napier. 
Obs. A species allied to H. cristata. 
Genus 25. MNoteroclada, Taylor. 
Noteroclada perpusilla, sp. nov. 
Plant very small ereeping, densely compact, under 1 inch long, 2 lines 
wide, branched, branches very short about 4 inch long, deeply pinnatifid 
or sub-pinnate, glabrous, glistening, light green ; midrib or stem stoutish, 
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